Vaccination vesicle and pustule shield



(No Model.)

I). M00. FRENCH. VAUGINATION VESICLE AND PUSTULB SHIELD.-

Patented July 4,1882.

- iat 14% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID MOO. FRENCH, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

VACCINATION VESI CLE AND PUSTULE SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,561, dated July 4,1882.

Application filed April 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID MOO. FRENCH, of thecity of Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria and State of Virginia,have invented an Improved Vaccination Vesicle and Pnstule Shield, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device adapted for application to the armafter the act of vaccination to protect the vesicle or pustule againstabrasion orinjury from any cause; and it consists in a curved rigidplate which is centrally bulged and provided with means foritsattachment to the body, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure I shows the inventionapplied to the arm. Figs. II, III, and IVare views of the invention onan enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A is-a curved plate, having the central bulge, a, and elastic straps band c. The straps are provided with abnckle, d. The plateAis preferablymadeot' hard rubber; but it may be constructed of metal or any suitablesubstance, and it should be perforated for ventilating purposes.

I am aware that bulged plates of materials more or less flexible havebeen used to protect corns on the feet, and such I do not claim; but

What I do claim as my invention is- A vaccination vesicle and pnstuleshield which consists of a rigid bulged plate, preferably perforated,having means for its attachment to the body, substantially as specified.

'DAVID MOO. FRENCH.

